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2026 Events

125th Anniversay of C.W. Parker Carousel and

Tractor Show

October 3rd from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Come celebrate this milestone with us! The carousel will be powered by the original steam engine. A tractor show will accompany the event, along with old-time games, shooting gallery, carousel bouncy-house and more!  Lunch will be available for purchase.

Tombstone Talks

October 25th starting at 1:00pm, 1:20pm, 1:40pm, 2:00pm, 2:20pm, 2:40pm, 3:00pm

Indian Hills Cemetery in Chapman

Lace up your tennis shoes and grab your jackets for this year's fall Tombstone Talks. Come learn about the lives of Dorothy Armold, Louis Isler, Otis Thisler, John Peck, Maude Loy and George (Bill) Dockhorn. Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at the Heritage Center during business hours.

Let's Get Together Movie Night

November 22nd at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

   Grab your date or a friend for a "get together".  The Education Committee will be showing the movie Paper Moon which was filmed in various small towns in Kansas.

   ​Real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal team up as slick con-artists Moses Pray and Addie Loggins in the 1930s Kansas. When Moze is unexpectedly saddled with getting the 9-year-old Addie to relatives in Missouri after the death of her mother, his attempt to dupe her out of her money backfires, and he's forced to take her on as a partner. Swindling their way through farm country, the pair is nearly done in by a burlesque dancer and an angry bootlegger.

    There will be a free will donation as well as snacks. Hope to see you there!

Old Fashioned Christmas

December 4th from 6 pm to 8 pm

December 5th from 4 pm to 8 pm

Come enjoy an old fashioned Christmas in our lighted village with a live nativity in the barn, rides on a 1901 wooden carousel, a prairie Christmas in the authentic log cabin, live Christmas music, a craft for kids in the one-room schoolhouse, German foods in the historic Burkland Grocery Store and much, much more.

All events are at the Heritage Center unless noted. If you have questions about our events, call us today!!

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412 S. Campbell St.

Abilene, KS  67410

+1 785 263 2681
omheritagecenter@gmail.com
Dickinson County Historical Society and Museum

SUMMER Hours:  April - October

  Wed-Sat               10 am to 5 pm

  Sunday                 1 pm to 5 pm

  Closed Monday & Tuesday

 

WINTER Hours: November - March

   Tues-Fri:                10 am to 5 pm

   Closed Saturday, Sunday, Monday
 

Photos on this site provided by Andrew Pankratz and Rod Riffel

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